On 4th Feb 2016, Indibirding.com team went out for educational birding tour around Udaipur city with Lars Johansson, Special Manager, Ramboll and four other students of Department of Architecture School of Design and Environment National Singapore University. It was really very educating experience and it has given us many valuable inputs as well as whole…
Birding at Jawai Dam, Pali District in Rajasthan
Jawai Dam or known as Jawai bandh locally, is approximately 130KM from Udaipur which lies on way to Mount Abu, in Pali district. It is picaresque dam on river Jawai, which is a tributary to river Luni. Its popularly known among wildlife enthusiast as destination for spotting Indian leopard or Panther easily. But this is…
Birding at Shokaliya, Ajmer for Lesser Florican
Lesser Florican is a beautiful bird, endemic to India and classified as endangered species in IUCN list. This bird can be sighted at Shokaliya from July to September in Shokaliya grassland near Ajmer, Rajasthan. Apart from Shokaliya, Lesser Florican can also be seen in Madhya Pradesh, near Ratlam. We, Mr. Sharad Agrawal, Vijendra Prakash Parmar…
Birding at Desert National Park, Rajasthan
IndiBirding Team, Vijendra Prakash Parmar, Varun Lunia, Hitesh Motwani and Devershi Vyas visited Desert National Park, Jaisalmer on on 24-25-26 Jan 2015. Jaisalmer has good train connectivity from major metro cities in India as well as other state capitals. This is one place where one can see elusive and rare Great Indian Bustard known as…
Top 3 reasons to visit Udaipur for Birding in December
Without wasting any time, let me list the three reasons 1. Udaipur is a Holiday Destination for family Udaipur, City of Lakes, in Mewar region of Rajasthan is not just a ‘birding destination’, but also a complete holiday destination for family. It has everything one needs to have any type of holiday with family, be…
Birds expected to be seen in Udaipur in the month of November
With goo rains in Udaipur this year 2014, almost all lakes in and around are full of water and we expect that all migratory birds would visit Mewar region. Though one important birding site, Menar did not get enough water this year, but still it seems to have already started attracting many migratory birds. Recently,…
Birding at Tal Chhapar, Rajasthan
Tal Chhapar is a famous birding destination in Rajasthan, specially for raptors. We, Nirmal Solanki, Dr. Durgesh Sharma, Vijendra Prakash Parmar and me, went to Tal Chhapar from Udaipur on 4 Oct 2014. It took long time for us to reach there as we drove down in the afternoon from Udaipur. How to reach Tal…
Udaipur Birding Trip Report – 6th Sep 2014
Indibirding Team, Mr. Vijendra went for a birding trip with Mr. Jonathan Brown and his wife on 6th September 2014 in and around Udaipur city to its various birding spots. Vijendra went to Ubheshwer ji in the morning at 6AM, then Badi Lake and then Sajjangarh Wildlife Sanctuary. It was half day tour, specially arranged…
Birding in Shokaliya, Nasirabad in Rajasthan in August
August month in Rajasthan is special for birding because of Lesser Florican in Shokhaliya Village in Nasirabad in Rajasthan. Nasirabad is near Ajmer which is well conencted by trains from many cities of India. Some one has used Shokaliya as the spelling in Google maps, so if some one is searching Shokhaliya, which is commonly…
Birding at Mount Abu, Rajasthan in July
Mount Abu, the only hill station in Rajasthan ( yes, Rajasthan does have a hill station) is famous for its Nakki lake and one will find lot of Gujarati tourists in this hill station. Apart from its ‘cool weather’ in otherwise hot Rajasthan, Mount Abu, which is approximately 170KM from Udaipur, is also famous among…